Dayton Watts

As we continue to speed through 2021 I continue to see scores of people seeking handouts and freebies.

I urge you to take the "road less traveled" as Robert Frost put it and grab hold of some responsibility. Free and less is not going to make you feel better long term. Laziness breeds weakness and none of us want that.

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

Take a hard look and make sure that's the average you want to be... otherwise as hard as it is, it may be time to find 5 new people.

One of the hardest realizations is that your "best" doesn't seem to be good enough. No matter what you do it seems problems always appear almost as if the universe is telling you to give up.

DON'T. GIVE. UP.

Your best isn't the pinnacle of what you are capable of. "But I could have done better". No you couldn't have. Hindsight being 20/20 is a hindrance because it creates the illusion that you could have done better. If you could have done better, YOU WOULD HAVE. You made the best decisions with the information you had. Be PROUD of that.

Do your best every time and make that target "best" your motivation, keep hitting that target and it becomes others motivation.

Be better than your best, be the you you've always wanted to be, by not giving up.